The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

Paul, Annie Murphy

ISBN 10: 0544947665 / ISBN 13: 9780544947665

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2021

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00105228363

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A bold new book that proves our bodies and surroundings know more than our brains do

For centuries, we’ve believed that our thoughts happen entirely inside our brains. But in the last decade, new research has revealed that our bodies, our gestures, and our surroundings dramatically impact our intelligence and mental health. For example, did you know that closing your eyes makes you smarter, that half an hour among trees is as effective as a dose of Ritalin at controlling ADHD, that certain hand gestures aid memory, and that negotiators win an average of 80 percent more value when on their own turf? Indeed, as Annie Murphy Paul shows, we are constantly thinking outside our brains.

Like Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences or Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, Thinking Outside the Brain offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, full of practical advice on how to think—and feel—better.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

ANNIE MURPHY PAUL is an acclaimed science journalist and book author who contributes to Scientific American, The New York Times, Time magazine, and Slate, among many other publications. A former senior editor at Psychology Today magazine, Paul is currently a Future Tense fellow at New America, as well as a senior advisor at the Yale University Center for Teaching and Learning. She is the author of The Cult of Personality - a cultural history and scientific critique of personality testing hailed by Malcolm Gladwell as a “fascinating new book” – and Origins, a personal and scientific exploration of how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives, selected for The Best American Science Writing. A graduate of Yale College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Paul lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and two sons.

 

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Titel: The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking ...
Verlag: Mariner Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good